Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The idea that certain parts of Ireland are well provided for because they are close to cities or are in commuter belt areas is inaccurate. It does no service to Kerry to represent it in the manner we have heard. There was a contrast between an acknowledgement by one of the Deputies from Kerry of the improvement in roads and the opposite being said by another.

I was on the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport for pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill and was open minded and listened to the facts. We should base our legislation, regulations and road safety on evidence. The committee received that evidence and found it convincing. The measures in the Bill may not be measures one likes to put in place but they must be implemented in the interests of public and road safety. For that reason, I will be opposing the amendment tabled by Deputy Troy.

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